Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

After observing the parachute training of the First Marine Regiment, the brigade commander, division commander, deputy general staff officer and deputy commander-in-chief returned to the headquarters directly by car.

Since Tada Shun and Shinozuka Yoshio both stepped down, the North China Front Army and the First Army, which had changed commanders, have become very evil. The Japs in the entire Jin Province seem to have changed a group of people.

The enemy forcibly recruited ordinary people during the day and built gun towers and bunkers wantonly. At night, they were strictly guarded, and all troops huddled within the fortifications.

Although it is still the same old method, the cage policy is still implemented. But under the command of Yoshio Iwamatsu, the First Army suddenly became more stable.

The four of them had just returned to the headquarters when they happened to meet a correspondent from the brigade headquarters. After seeing the bosses, this comrade immediately dismounted and saluted and said:

"Hello, Chief! Brigadier, Comrade Chen Tao has sent back information. And he is using the expedited route this time. Something big must have happened on the Japanese side."

Since the war broke out in full force, the Brigade Commander has had little direct involvement in agents and intelligence work.

But as a once-all-powerful spy chief, he still promoted some outstanding talents.

The just-mentioned Chen Tao is one of them. This comrade has become the commander of a puppet army and can even enter and leave the staff of the Japanese division at will.

With this relationship, the Taiyue Military Region sent many intelligence personnel to enemy-occupied areas.

From then on, a large amount of intelligence on the Japanese and puppet troops was continuously sent to the 386th Brigade through this line, reducing losses in the southeastern Shanxi base area.

After hearing the word "Chen Tao", the brigade commander put away his smile and took the top-secret information and began to read it carefully. Half a minute later, he looked strange and looked like he was suppressing a smile.

"Good news, Yoshio Iwamatsu's talks with the existentialist master broke down, and the two sides almost had a fight at the wine table."

"Sure enough, where there is Wolong, there will be Fengxiao. This new commander and chief of staff of the First Army is really a talented person."

As soon as he finished speaking, the division commander, deputy general staff officer, and deputy commander-in-chief immediately gathered around. The three of them began to circulate the information, and they were amazed by the whole process.

Since 1937, the Japanese have been trying to lure Egg Dancer to surrender. This task is also the mission of successive commanders of the First Army.

Compared to Yoshio Shinozuka, Neji Okamura placed greater hopes on Yoshio Iwamatsu.

This is mainly because the other party is a "China hand". In his early years, he followed the second-generation intelligence chief in Xiaoli and worked in Beijing for a period of time on China intelligence work.

As soon as this old devil arrived in Taiyuan, he wrote an invitation letter to the egg dancer.

The words in the letter were extremely flattering and recalled the past events of the two of them, hoping to pave the way for future attempts to surrender.

However, the Chief of Staff of the First Army did not think so. As a well-known brave and foolhardy person within the Japanese army, he perfectly displayed his characteristic of failing to succeed but failing.

During the meeting, Major General Masaru Hanatani was domineering and did not take the egg dancer seriously at all.

It was supposed to be a peace negotiation with equal status, but it turned out that there was no even the most basic respect. The angry Egg Dancer completely determined his new strategic direction, causing the attempt to induce surrender to fail.

"Yan Laoxi was angered by the pretentiousness of the First Army."

After reading the entire intelligence, the deputy chief of staff breathed a sigh of relief.

"The good news in February is really coming one after another. First, things in the south were turned out of danger, and then the Japanese lost another admiral."

"Now even the last hidden danger in Jin Province has been completely eliminated, and the situation is great!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone nodded. The deputy commander-in-chief even came to the operational map. He stared at the map of the situation between ourselves and the enemy and expressed his views.

"I think the troops have almost rested. We should take advantage of the current energy to make some achievements to pave the way for the next stage of the big battle."

"The Japanese First Army is building roads, adding artillery towers, and even keeps sending spies to infiltrate the base areas. Our Eighth Route Army cannot do nothing, otherwise we will definitely have to carry out counter-mopping operations again in the spring."

"The new equipment has not been used in actual combat after it is obtained. It is time to launch a small-scale attack."

The views of the deputy commander-in-chief were recognized by everyone present, and the deputy general-staff officer on the side kept recording them with a pen, and then tore them off and handed them to the correspondent.

"Notify troops at all levels to mobilize before the war and select targets near the defense area to detect the enemy's situation. Two days later! Take action immediately!"

"good!"

In the early morning of February 20th, southeast Shanxi.

Kong Jie leaned against a big tree and carefully looked at the turrets in the distance with the telescope in his hand. Although Huang He had returned to the border area long ago, he left behind enough support equipment.

For things like telescopes, the logistics department still has a lot of inventory, and each regiment can be assigned a batch.

"Captain, I sent people to keep an eye on this turret for several days. The number of enemies does not exceed thirty, and they have one heavy machine gun and three light machine guns with crooked handles."

"You see, should we use the old method to fight, or should we just use new weapons?"

The purpose of this headquarters is very simple. One is to familiarize the troops with new weapons as soon as possible, and the other is to clean up the Japanese defensive fortifications in Jin Province.

Although the army already has a group of Miss 75, it has even formed two new artillery regiments.

However, the transportation problem has not been solved for the time being. Once dispatched, the Japanese are likely to be targeted, chased and beaten by the Japanese. If it is not handled well, he will become the captain of the transport brigade, which means that the turret has not been cleaned up.

Now that we have new weapons, we can use them for actual combat training and deal with illegal buildings.

After all, whether it is a 40mm or 50mm mortar, a lot of practice is needed to ensure the hit rate.

After hearing the question of the first battalion commander, Kong Jie did not answer directly. He took out a cigarette and sniffed it to refresh himself, and then began to arrange the tactics for tonight.

"The telephone line is not cut, right? We still have to rely on this artillery tower to fish."

"I just took a look at the map. There are three squadrons of the nearest devils. After the battle starts, it is estimated that they will arrive at the scene in more than half an hour to reinforce."

"After the battle begins, the first battalion is responsible for feinting, don't fight too hard. The second battalion is responsible for attacking the reinforcements and strive to end the battle in 45 minutes. The third battalion is the reserve team and is reserved for emergencies."

After receiving the order, the first battalion commander immediately began to perform the task. In just five minutes, dozens of soldiers crouched and approached the artillery tower.

At a distance of 600 meters from the artillery tower, a company commander signaled everyone to switch to a crawling state.

The one kilometer around here was cleared by the devils. With the searchlight on the roof, it is very likely that the enemy will discover it if you rush in straight.

With the help of the moonlight, everyone can already see the full picture of the artillery tower.

It covers an area of ​​more than 100 square meters, with walls and barracks next to it. There is a trench two meters deep and more than three meters wide outside the building complex, and barbed wire and mines are also arranged.

In addition, the location is high and overlooking, which can be regarded as easy to defend and difficult to attack. This level of fortifications is difficult for troops without direct-fire weapons to deal with.

This is why the troops basically deal with artillery towers at night, which is too disadvantageous for the attackers during the day.

While crawling forward, the company commander ordered the rocket launcher soldier next to him:

"After the battle begins, you two will find your own position. At that time, fire one shot to test the power. If it is too fierce, stop first and wait for my order to fire again."

After approaching a position of 200 meters, the veterans began to slightly raise their rifles in their hands. They aimed at the searchlight on the roof, ready to attack at any time.

"Fire!"

After more than a dozen gunshots, the two searchlights shattered to the ground, and the surroundings fell into a brief darkness again.

At this point in 1941, the individual capabilities of the Japanese had not declined. Hearing the sudden gunfire, they quickly rushed to their combat positions.

In less than ten seconds, a flare was launched, and the battle between the two sides became fierce from the beginning.

Bullets were fired from the various firing ports of the turret, and the flames were extremely conspicuous in the dark night. Xiao Rizi tried to suppress the invading enemy with the surging barrage of bullets to buy more time for his companions.

Under the cover of his comrades, two soldiers with 40 fire and ammunition handlers approached the position of 150 meters from different angles.

This distance was stuck at the limit of the effective range of the rocket launcher. Fortunately, the target of the turret was large, and there was a great chance of hitting it as long as the luck was not particularly bad.

The four soldiers had a clear division of labor and began to prepare according to the daily training.

As soon as the gunner set up the folding mechanical sight, the ammunition handler took out the shells and loaded them from the front. Then he crouched and moved to a safe position to prevent accidental injury.

After the soldiers turned on the trigger safety, they immediately adjusted their posture to aim and pulled the trigger directly.

As flames emerged from the tail of the rocket launcher, two rockets were fired at the turret from different positions.

Boom × 2!

An armor-piercing shell directly hit the turret in the distance. This unexpected attack directly broke the Japanese firepower network.

The fortifications that originally took time and effort to solve were easily destroyed by 40 fire, and this was because the angle of the hit was not very good.

The other hit the wall, and the area over there was now full of smoke and dust.

Although the soldiers had imagined the power of the rocket launcher countless times, the extremely impactful scene still made them stunned for two seconds.

After coming back to their senses, the two gunners immediately moved. According to the pre-war arrangement. They had to find a suitable shooting position again and wait for the order from their own company commander.

In the ruins, the dying Japanese squad leader crawled to the phone. Na Qiang took a breath to pick up the phone and informed the nearby county garrison of the news of the attack on the turret.

"Artillery bombardment, we are under artillery bombardment."

"The enemy's attack is too fierce, the amazing power is at least 105 caliber howitzers. But they don't have many troops, only 300 at most."

The message of the request for help soon spread to the nearby county town, and an unknown enemy carrying heavy artillery appeared. The Japanese Major Yamane Jiro immediately ordered an attack.

"The cavalry squadron will set off first. Your mission is not to fight the enemy. You only need to scout along the way to ensure that the follow-up large forces are not ambushed."

"The mobile squadron and the infantry squadron will follow closely and go straight to the reinforcement target!"

After giving the order, Yamane Jiro hesitated for a moment and reported the news to the Taiyuan direction.

Although the captain who asked for help said that the enemy had only 300 people, he did not believe that a 105 caliber heavy artillery was something that a battalion-level unit could have.

A squadron of cavalry set off from the county town, and the sound of horse hooves startled the sleeping people.

After the Hundred Regiments Campaign, all the Japanese became extremely cautious. They knew that their enemies were no longer the same as they were before, but were now evenly matched.

Under the leadership of their captain, the troops dispersed from the main road and carefully scouted all the areas along the way that were suitable for ambushes.

In order to ensure the safety of the large force, they even entered the woods, which were not suitable for cavalry.

They are afraid that a group of enemies will rush out from any corner. No one wants to fight the enemies in disadvantageous terrain. It is no different from committing suicide.

Yamane Jiro, who was waiting in the county town, breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the news that there was no ambush on the road. He immediately got into a truck and led his two squadrons towards the position of the gun tower.

At this slow pace, rescue will definitely be too late. He didn't think about rescuing people from the beginning, he only attacked for the heavy cannon.

Although there is a high probability that there is no chance of capturing it, as long as it can be destroyed, it can become capital for one's promotion.

Looking at San Benzi who was clearing the way ahead, Jiro Yamane frowned impatiently. From time to time, soldiers who used machine gun fire to conduct reconnaissance interrupted his thoughts.

After fighting in Jin Province for so long, he knew that the Eighth Route Army's favorite tactic was to encircle points and call for reinforcements. They often feint to attack a target and then ambush the incoming reinforcements.

Although there were already cavalry investigating, I still felt uneasy for some reason.

Facts have proven that people who have been active on a fierce battlefield for such a long time usually have pretty accurate intuition.

The Japanese cavalry subconsciously believed that the Eighth Route Army would definitely choose a suitable terrain to ambush, but they did not expect that Kong Jie's second battalion was near the main road and even built simple fortifications.

When the three squadrons reached halfway, the soldiers immediately launched an attack. As soon as the battle began, the second battalion commander pressed forward with all his troops.

The first targets to be hit must be those trucks. The newly arrived 50mm and 60mm mortars are pouring shells on the path that the vehicles must pass.

The light and heavy machine guns also fired a dense storm of metal. As soon as the sound of long bursts of fire was heard, dozens of Japanese infantry fell to the ground.

Seeing that the number of enemies was greater than expected, Kong Jie directly took out two companies from the reserve team and threw them into the battlefield.

There was no place for a bunker on the flat road. The soldiers of the Independent Regiment attacked from both sides and put out the counterattacks organized by the Japanese again and again.

Both the 10-year-type grenade and the 1989-type grenade were defeated by the Brand 50mm mortar in this duel.

With no advantage in numbers, weapons, or terrain, the Japanese from the three squadrons struggled for only twenty minutes.

Looking at the corpses on the ground, Kong Jie issued a new order with disgust on his face:

"When cleaning the battlefield, don't take away the kid's weapons. Even the militiamen don't like to use these rags now."

"Headquarters has told me that this operation will focus on speed!"

"Go to the next turret. Our independent regiment's goal tonight is to hit ten!"

The next chapter is a bit different, so I’ll read it at noon tomorrow.